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[bassetts]

Recommendations for the novice match ploughman. Please

 

[massey765]

Roy Stokes has some good tips on his website

 

[Howard150]

Roy Stokes has some good tips on his website used

Stokes of Tong Norton but don't believe too much of what he tells you about pitch on the front body. Otherwise quite concise and informative.

 

[Roy Stokes]

Stokes of Tong Norton but don't believe too much of what he tells you about pitch on the front body. Otherwise quite concise and informative.

When ploughing in my 1st time round the crown I use a 5/8th's bolt to replace the 3/4 one in the leg of the front body to pitch it in which helps the plough hold the depth through tramlines/ hard spots and ensures the toplink is long enough to get the rear furrow to turn and pack up properly to the front one, I once forgot to remove the smaller bolt and replace it with the full size one and ploughed the whole plot, apart from wondering why I was using a longer toplink than normal I couldn't tell an enormous difference and came away with a win and overall champ on the day so therefore I am quite happy that things can be a "little" astray without harm.
The late JB "Sonny" Smith was a measurement man, when he was off to the World championships his brother in law Viv Samuel offered Sonny his plough, when Sonny measured this plough up he wondered how Viv ever ploughed with it but he did and won the World Championships in 1980